# Italy Labour Force

Italy Labour Force was up 0.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −1.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 25,768 Thousand persons.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Among the 4 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 2nd lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.1% (Q2 2020) to 4.1% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.LF.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/labour-force

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 25,768 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 25,478 Thousand persons | −1.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 25,451 Thousand persons | −0.09 |
| Q3 2025 | 25,563 Thousand persons | −0.06 |
| Q2 2025 | 25,686 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 25,816 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 25,473 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 25,578 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 25,497 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 25,609 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 25,645 Thousand persons | 1.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 25,445 Thousand persons | 1.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 25,359 Thousand persons | 1.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 25,362 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 25,168 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 25,031 Thousand persons | −0.04 |
| Q2 2022 | 25,082 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 24,954 Thousand persons | 2.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 25,082 Thousand persons | 1.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 25,041 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 24,762 Thousand persons | 4.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 24,429 Thousand persons | −2.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 24,651 Thousand persons | −3.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 24,847 Thousand persons | −2.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.LF.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.LF.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```